Method and means for mounting aircraft parts for transportation



Nov. 2, 1943. E. w. REARWIN ETAL 2,333,441

METHOD AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING AIRCRAFT PARTS FOR TRANSPORTATION Filed March 25', 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l Eon-MAN. mmmm Mathis Q MM, ATTORNEYS Nov. 2, 1943. .E. w. REARW IN ETAL 2,333,441

METHOD AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING AIRCRAFT PARTS FOR TRANSPQRTATION 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 25, 1941 Earlew fig win a fiaroldlflamxs,

ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 2, 1 943 This invention rel'at ifmountingjaireraft parts t e thereof to point of al as em ly of'the aircraft." 7

v One of the DDj eQctsjQi 'the'iinvention is to 'protion hereinafter.

invention m'ounted'therewithin; r inner to provide the vide' an improved an 'simp'lified method: and

he d jand rneans Y ikefinrail arrie'rs in ME N FOR' N NG v e F RAN BIAT QN anew: Rear'win, BufiaIoQNQY and Harold J,

l iMathi'sf'Warren; Pa., 'assignorstowarr e T Carpompanm-Warren, Pa r .1

" ioation ltiar 1152's, 194 ,;s aa1 3 claims. 01.105 35?) means 'for the alogve purpose which is adapted age, in an improved rnanners Another object of and means forliangzllingjpartsfor thei-p urpose described which wi l reduce the amounts oflabor and expense involvedflin preparation for" such Other objects and advantages transportation.

' I to safeguard the ioa'rts being'carriedagainst 'dam- "orthe invention Will appear r qmthe specifica- In the drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse 's'ectionthrough a railroad'bqx car'sliowing'fiigture devices of the Fig.2 is'a fragmentary elevation an sidewall portion of the "car of-Fig. lg-showing 'n'iounting portions f afigzture of the invention attached thereto;

strueture of Fig. 1;: and j Fig. 415 a section takensnle'stan .Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan ei the earffioor The drawing illustrates" 'theiinvehti'cin in con- 7 type,as illnstratedfirf'llig. The car strueture 1 includes the usual eentersill 10 towhich are my along the 1 f'junotion with'acarrier of the railroad boxfcarf inounted'gtransve'rse diaphragrris' [2 'to furnish the baseyef the carbody; jSi'de rails I4 extend longitudinally oifthecarattipposite'sidesthereof and; are conneeted t 'enqsef the diaphra S" 1-2 "to provide an integral 0 the ,ebrre'sponding "outer framei A sheetn taffioordfi is' laid'npen the I base frame to {complete the primary floor strnceche et he lower V seas t o-extendvertically sidewall frames in conjunction with top rails 22;

, jl'ertical posts 26 are ends to the side "rails" l s at 25 (Fig; 4)

j- Sh eet metal liners 24 are at- 1 tached directly t5 the posts 28,- asibvwe1ding r The roofof the ca'r i'sb'ased-upo'n tween the fmetalf' "a" frame'structure including ,transve'rserafters 28 which' tie at their opposite ends tothe 'te-p rails 22.

' The aircraft n oi riting iigctures offthe inven'- V tion are illustratedin thedrawingsin several "forms for mounting various "parts""ofl airplanes. I For example, one form-'of'theffixthr of'the' invention is illustrated as. being moiinte d against 1 the side Walls ofthe car oi Fig. 1, and in this case the-mbunti'ng devices-each include a series of vertically disposed runners 30 to which airplane wing or fin parts are to be clamped. The runners 30 are arranged in parallel and-at spaced 3G solihat there are t' I foraccommodati'ng airplane wing or finfstruce 1.0 'the invention" is te" provide an improved method serti'on'fof the headset theilooltsft "enlarged rounde'd 'portions of the la'i v m v 4 n n nlt ei-ru ner downwardly so thatftheshanks of the bolts pass runners; to becoiii rrqm ama a disengagedimm'jh'eh nd' thesiotted portionsor' material to flirt tion-upon-th'e mounted aircraft-parts" As illustrated at'the loweflcentr'al portion' AIR are provided with"detachable;eonnectibnidevices vided suitable spaces tures in clamped. relation therebetween. f'l'hejrunners snare arranged'toibe' detachably hung againstthelsidefwalls of the car by' eans 1 of boltstii which arearranged tojextencl injconnesting,relationifthroughgthe 'r'u'nnersflw; and through thef c'arsidejwall structure;- For this fpiirpose thejwall sheathing 'fl l' is provided with bayonettype" apertures as illustrated at ifl (Fig.

2), anditis' pref erred that the extendingslotted portions oi:jthe-aperturesf lfl the disposedjdow nwardly nd obliquely in. alternating opposite .di-

reetio'ns, as illustrated in Thus means areprovided whereby thefirunners err-may" be S -1 1 11 mounted upon 'tne'ea side walls it e ou the corresponding may be moved into the ,slot'ted'f portions ;of the apertures-fin wherebythej 'l eads of the'bolts are locked behind ings' 4| fin the runners tfllQVvhich acc mmiSdate improved manner whereby thef'ap'ertnres- W. i or other non met material is. disposed be- Cushioning and insulating liners tfi oigjieltor rat r Su b "i'e ilie tm er e e-a e I uponfthe'runner and strap; parts 101: bearing" t against itheaircraftparts Whenfmount'ed there ywithin'r so as to jfor'estall frietional WearingQQr other clainage t the'aircraft parts d iririgtransit; "-Also', the straps as "and 34 are preferably I covered? with-rubber or" other suitable resilient her cushion their clampingfac mounting an airplane'f u'selage or similar part for transit, and this. fixture comprises a series I wall of "theear in'ian t s impossible for th'e 1 V deidentally; displaced iup e.

that the bolts 35' become referably, a'liner 34 ofjwqod eathingifi of the ear ,vv'all and the runnerstllsofas to'inslilate the fixtures irorn thecar Walls-against transmission of'p'ondensed moisture and/oristatie electrieal charges in o h air ane. he bs i hare o Operations as explained hereinabove'. ,Wooden or other non-metallicmaterial' liner 53 and/cor con ense n to V T'fAs illustrated in" I fixtures rcr uppcrung airplane pr) toonsor the "likeinay bef'su'spenu dncm the ear ceiling, and

' (rive aircraft parts to be men L accord with the structural pro ortion haract ristics of 1 the rBSfQCtIV .air- 1W craft parts. *r msmne iium er or 'braclietsfor other i bre hulkyaircraft ly witha base'plate 54 newline-hor zontall x-j tending flange 554 adapted tobe clamped to the vcar floor by means of bolts, 5lf,'as in; the manner 7 of theniounting ofthe runnersiiflzupon the car side walls. IFor this purpose the floor I5 isper forated as at 58 ,(Fig. 3);withbayonebtypejopenin'gs to provide the mounting and d s 'Also;.i'a

* so 'toiinsulatethe o'n'bf static electricity fixture against v i the car "floor.

in this case the fixturesboinprise" a series of transverse frames "80"whichfare adapted to be r "mounted by'ihe'ansbf bolts to'thefcrfilingrait- .'eir1s 28 as in the'rnannerofthe'inounting'oithe previously referred andill t0 the othercarlparts'.

selectively located imigntdinauy 6r the respecnted for transit in ength and physical mounting each aircraftipart will 'dep'e'ndiipon the weight to be carried; andtherelatiye spacing'df the brackets" willdepend"- each' case upon'the strength and struct ralro rm eithe' part being lmou'nted. n will alsoibe understoodthatuieer-i 'razieniem icrjmcuntingth heads'of thlbracket subsequent "smooth T mounting and "dilsiilduntin' operations. KIsoithefaperturs throuen tne bart shown and described in detail, it, is to be under- -stood that the inventiyemrinciples herein inf-jvolvedf are applicable to/otheriorms of the invention without departingirom the spirit and scope defined in the following claims.

We claim:

*In-co nbination a transportation fixture-for *"aiicrair artsand a plate member adapted to extend as an'inner wall portion of a housing carp posed Verticallyifor detachable rnounting thereon rier,'said fixturedncluding spaced runners dis- ;pian, aircraftparttobe transported, said run- 'ne'rs' having laterally extending connection devices with enlarged end portions adapted to slip- .fit through corresponding openings-in said plate member, I said plate] member having; reduced slotted portions extending obliquely in alternately opposite directions downwardly belowjeach of said openings and infopen "cornmunicationtherewith; whereby saidrunners may be shifted downwardly subsequent to'slip' fitting of said enlarged :heads through jsaid openings into .detachably I locked relation upon said plate.

- f 2.1 In combination; a transportation fixture for aircraft partsand a plate n ernberadapted to extend as an inner wallrportion' of a housing can rier by being rnounted upon {yertical post framing members havingrecesses'in the facesthere- .of contiguous to.'said plate, said fixture "including spaced runners disposed Vertically for detachable mounting thereon of an'aircrait part tobe transported, said runners having laterally ex- .tending connectionvdevices with enlarged end portions adapted slip-fitthrough correspondt "in'g openings in said .plateim'ember in portions .thereof backed up'by said recessed post'members,

I fboltsiliiwithintheconfines dithe yefticalpo'sts of "the" carrier; provide protection for {the bait heads 7 against 'aemagenoiii externally or the arnensuche w'o 'm dtherwisej nte'rrere with said plate member-haying reduced slotted portions extending obliquely'in alternately opposite directions downwardly below each of said open-- ,ings and open communication therewith;

whereby said runners may be shifted downwardly subsequent ;to slip-5fitting of said enlarged heads through said openings into dctachably locked 215 relation .uponsaid plate.

'3'. In combination, a transportation fixture for aircrafttparts and a plate member adapted to arrangements for jdistnbunon or the "aircraft j' arts to be transported the interior or,

5 adapted to slip-fit through corresponding openthe carrier. For exainplef'therelatively aircraft parts. may be mounte as. illustrated,

against flat side wall'porti l lation "frb'rnthe roof, Thus; the "aircraftfpafts maybe readily kept apart so as to pr ev'ent'aam aging'interierencestherebetween, andthe space 7 within the carrier "may be utilizedto best' adyanthe enema parts are separately iation upon said plate, and a dielectric .sheet anaemic: m ii e eme h m w ea ran d cen i nw with h ii e va ihe uponthelaircraft parts becauseit is notnecessary to pry loose nailed down crate parts or r the like,

extend as an inner wall portionlofa housing car- I rier by being mounted uponv'ertical post framfling; members having recesses in the faces thereof "contiguous toe-said plate, said fixtureincluding spaced runners disposed vertically for detachable mounting thereon Oren aircraft part to be transported, saidrunners'having laterally extending connection devices with enlarged end portions ings in saidplate' member in portions thereof backed up :by saidlrecessed..post members, said plate ember having" reduced slotted portions extending obliquely in alternately opposite-directionsdownwardly below each of said openings and, in open communication therewitlnwhereby 5 said runners inayi beehifted downwardly subse- 

